救急車がにぎやかな大通りの真ん中で故障した。

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救急車 が にぎやかな 大通り の 真ん中 で 故障した 。

English Translation

The ambulance broke down in the middle of the busy avenue.

Furigana

救急車(きゅうきゅうしゃ)がにぎやかな大通(おおどお)りの真(ま)ん中(なか)で故障(こしょう)した。

Romanji

Kyūkyūsha ga nigiyakana ōdōri no mannaka de koshōshita.

Words

救急車 (きゅうきゅうしゃ)

ambulance

が (が)

indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; still; and

賑やか (にぎやか)

bustling; busy; lively

大通り (おおどおり)

main street

の (の)

indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; (at sentence-end, falling tone) indicates a confident conclusion; (at sentence-end) indicates emotional emphasis; (at sentence-end, rising tone) indicates question

真ん中 (まんなか、まなか)

middle; centre; center; mid-way

で (で、にて)

indicates location of action; at; in; indicates time of action; indicates means of action; cause of effect; by; and then; so; indicates continuing action; indicates certainty, emphasis, etc.

故障 (こしょう)

breakdown; failure; fault; accident; out of order; damage; hurt; objection; protest

Kanji

救

Readings: キュウ、 すく.う

Meanings: salvation, save, help, rescue, reclaim

急

Readings: キュウ、 いそ.ぐ、 いそ.ぎ

Meanings: hurry, emergency, sudden, steep

車

Readings: シャ、 くるま

Meaning: car

大

Readings: ダイ、 タイ、 おお-、 おお.きい、 -おお.いに

Meanings: large, big

通

Readings: ツウ、 ツ、 とお.る、 とお.り、 -とお.り、 -どお.り、 とお.す、 とお.し、 -どお.し、 かよ.う

Meanings: traffic, pass through, avenue, commute, counter for letters, notes, documents, etc.

真

Readings: シン、 ま、 ま-、 まこと

Meanings: true, reality, Buddhist sect

中

Readings: チュウ、 なか、 うち、 あた.る

Meanings: in, inside, middle, mean, center

故

Readings: コ、 ゆえ、 ふる.い、 もと

Meanings: happenstance, especially, intentionally, reason, cause, circumstances, the late, therefore, consequently

障

Readings: ショウ、 さわ.る

Meanings: hinder, hurt, harm